White-eared Honeyeater

 WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER Nesoptilotis leucotis

These are a  common bird found all over most of Victoria and on the eastern coast of NSW and in South-Eastern Queensland. These were photographed amongst the wattle trees and gorse bushes at Kilmore East last week.

 

They are an attractive medium sized  bird with a  rich olive coloured back and breast with contrasting black bib and white eye patch.

 

 

 

 

 

They are present in most treed areas although not seen quite so often in open farmland, nor in town or urban areas of the countryside. A flash of olive is often the first sight one sees of them as they move quickly between trees.

 

 

 

They are of course honeyeaters by name, but feed mainly on insects picked from the bark of trees, as well as fruit and nectar.